Yes, price is key as well. No matter how good one console is against another if one is double the price it changes things again. There really needs to be some big new exclusive games at this show. They should be aiming for the top like God of War and Uncharted or they may as well roll over. I do hope to see Halo pushing things much further than we’ve seen to date. That game needs to take advantage of the system’s specs as much as possible for an early gen game, given it’s their leading exclusive.
I agree. And not only exclusives, but they have to have robust 3rd party support. They can't afford to miss out on the next Street Fighter, for example. Yeah, Sony and Switch may get the niche JDev anime fighters. But for mainstay franchises like Street Fighter, there is simply no excuse.
And Xbox NEEDS AAA 3rd party exclusives, too. Not just AA or indy games. Sony showed Square Enix's Project Athia. Xbox needs to showcase something similar. A major 3rd party title developed exclusively for Xbox. In the past, they had stuff like KOTOR, Mass Effect 1, and even the 1st Bioshock game, I believe. Those all started out as Xbox exclusives. They need big 3rd party games like that again.
Speaking of exclusives, looks like the Initiative's new game is action adventure with photorealistic graphics, and this will be at the July event apparently.
This sounds more like a GOW/Horizon/Uncharted style game in terms of "quality level." They need more of this. Not just for 2021 and beyond, but there needs to be a few more exclusives this Holiday at launch besides Halo.
It definitely feels like MS/Xbox has their backs against the wall. And it really feels like all that Spencer has been working towards the past 4-5 years is leading up to this moment. That's why it does feel like this is a make-or-break, do-or-die moment for Xbox. Hopefully, they are all keenly aware of that.
Because if they drop the ball again and if they repeat the May event and even the last few E3s, then they will have lost the battle before next gen has even started. They will lose the perception war and fans like myself who WANT to give Xbox another chance.
There can be no more "wait till next year, wait till next E3." It feels like we have been hearing that for the past 4 or 5 years or so.
No, the time for team Xbox is NOW!